Upheavals That Result Quotes & Sayings

Whenever we confront an unbridled desire we are surely in the presence of a tragedy-in-the-making. — Quentin Crisp

Popularity is the slutty little cousin of prestige, — Birdman

I think there are two ways in which people are controlled. First of all frighten people and secondly, demoralise them. — Tony Benn

It is only with burning anger that we can speak of this attack by counter-revolutionary reactionary elements against the capital of our country, against our people's democratic order and the power of the working class. — Janos Kadar

The most important result of the encounter [in the preceding anecdote] is the scholar's startling discovery of the roundness of the earth ... Instinctively realizing the connection between the foreigner's presence, the roundness of the earth, and future changes and upheavals, he finally announces, Yes, the earth is round, the women will start to think, and as soon as they begin to think, they will become shameless. — Azar Nafisi

The line between inner and outer landscapes is breaking down. Earthquakes can result from seismic upheavals within the human mind. The whole random universe of the industrial age is breaking down into cryptic fragments. — William S. Burroughs

Those [scientists] who dislike entertaining contradictory thoughts are unlikely to enrich their science with new ideas. — Max Planck

Another aspect of the emotional pain that is an intrinsic part of the egoic mind is a deep-seated sense of lack or incompleteness, of not being whole. In some people, this is conscious, in others unconscious. If it is conscious, it manifests as the unsettling and constant feeling of not being worthy or good enough. If it is unconscious, it will only be felt indirectly as an intense craving, wanting and needing. In either case, people will often enter into a compulsive pursuit of ego-gratification and things to identify with in order to fill this hole they feel within. So they strive after possessions, money, success, power, recognition, or a special relationship, basically so that they can feel better about themselves, feel more complete. But even when they attain all these things, they soon find that the hole is still there, that it is bottomless. Then they are really in trouble, because they cannot delude themselves anymore. Well, they can and do, but it gets more difficult. — Eckhart Tolle

One year, my good deed started with deciding to give all my friends makeup from a cruelty-free cosmetics line that I love. I did this with the hope that they would love it as much as I do and end up switching their makeup over to that cruelty-free line forever. — Jenna Morasca

Slanderers do not hurt me because they do not hit me. — Socrates

You're going to be something, you and that language you speak on paper. — Patricia Reilly Giff

Grace Kelly was written after these musicians were trying to mold me into what I should be. I was really angry and so I wrote the song and mailed them the lyrics. They didn't call me back, but two years later it's come full circle. — Mika.

My position in the army is as sport instructor. This allows me generous time off for travel and competition. I also receive a monthly salary from the army. — Roman Sebrle

People want to believe that every marriage is perfect balance but it isn't. One person always loves more deeply than the other — Nicholas Sparks

A leader leads," Ragnar said, "and you can't ask men to risk death if you're not willing to risk it yourself. — Bernard Cornwell

... in a snap the world can fall down around you and leave you, for years and years, trying to get back to a place where once upon a time you were happy. — Lee Martin